Larry Webster
{{Short description|American football player (born 1969)}}
{{distinguish|Larry Webster III}}
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{{Infobox NFL biography
| name = Larry Webster
| number = 79, 75
| position = Defensive tackle
Defensive end
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1969|1|18|mf=y}}
| birth_place = Elkton, Maryland, U.S.
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 5
| weight_lb = 297
| high_school = Elkton
(Elkton, Maryland)
| college = Maryland
| draftyear = 1992
| draftround = 3
| draftpick = 70
| pastteams =
- Miami Dolphins ({{NFL Year|1992|1994}})
- Cleveland Browns ({{NFL Year|1995}})
- Baltimore Ravens ({{NFL Year|1996|2001}})
- New York Jets ({{NFL Year|2002}})
| highlights =
- Super Bowl champion (XXXV)
- 2× Second-team All-ACC (1989, 1990)
| statlabel1 = Tackles
| statvalue1 = 186
| statlabel2 = Sacks
| statvalue2 = 4.0
| statlabel3 = Fumble recoveries
| statvalue3 = 2
| pfr = WebsLa20
}}
Larry Melvin Webster Jr. (born January 18, 1969) is an American former professional football player who was a defensive tackle for 11 seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at University of Maryland.
Early life
A native of Elkton, Maryland, Webster graduated from Elkton High School where he was a letterman in football, basketball and track and field. His primary football position at the time was running back. He attended the University of Maryland on a full athletic scholarship. With the Terrapins football team, he made the transition to defensive lineman and was its Most Valuable Player in his senior year.[http://www.bpi.edu/apps/news/show_news.jsp?REC_ID=244349&id=0 "New Head Football Coach Named," Baltimore Polytechnic Institute.]
Professional career
Webster was selected in the third round of the 1992 NFL draft by the Miami Dolphins as a defensive tackle.{{Cite web |title=1992 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1992/draft.htm |access-date=2023-05-07 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}} Webster spent some mediocre years in Miami before signing with the Cleveland Browns in 1995 as a backup. The Browns moved from Cleveland to Baltimore (near where Webster grew up) in 1996 to become the Baltimore Ravens. Webster had some success with the Ravens. Webster was suspended by the NFL early in the 2000 season for minor legal issues. Later that same season, he earned his only Super Bowl ring when the Ravens beat the New York Giants 34–7 in Super Bowl XXXV. Webster spent one more year with Baltimore before signing with the New York Jets in 2002.
After football
With help from Rex Ryan,{{Cite web |url=http://www.pressboxonline.com/story.cfm?id=9156 |title=Lomonico, Dave. "Cheap Seats: Webster Lives His Fairytale As Coach Of Poly Engineers," PressBox Baltimore, August 2012. |access-date=2012-08-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130122195513/http://www.pressboxonline.com/story.cfm?id=9156 |archive-date=2013-01-22 |url-status=dead }} Webster participated for three straight summers in the NFL Minority Coaching Fellowship Program with the Ravens in 2007 and 2008 and the Jets in 2009.[http://www.nfl.com/news/story?id=09000d5d80190ab4&template=without-video&confirm=true "Steelers' Tomlin Latest Head-Coach Grad, Joining Edwards, Lewis and Smith," National Football League.][http://www.nfldraftbible.com/All-Access-Football/bill_walsh_minority_coach_camp.html "NFL: Bill Walsh Minority Coach Camp," NFL Draft Bible, Friday, August 28, 2009.]{{Dead link|date=February 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} He has been a football coach at Baltimore Polytechnic Institute since 2009. After three years as a volunteer assistant working primarily with the defensive linemen, he became the Engineers' head coach in 2012.[https://web.archive.org/web/20130615001659/http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2012-06-14/sports/bs-va-sp-poly-football-coach-0615-20120614_1_larry-webster-football-coach-bachelor-party Dunn, Katherine. "Former Ravens defensive tackle Larry Webster Jr. named Poly football coach," The Baltimore Sun, Thursday, June 14, 2012.]
References
{{Reflist|30em}}
External links
- [https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/stats/_/id/356/larry-webster ESPN player profile]
{{Dolphins1992DraftPicks}}
{{Super Bowl XXXV}}
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Category:American football defensive linemen
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Category:Cleveland Browns players
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Category:Maryland Terrapins football players